Karen Schwartz

Continuous Data Protection vendor Availl Inc. has come up with yet another way to separate itself from the pack of CDP contenders with a new version of its software-based approach to backup. Availl Backup 3.0 includes several new features that may serve to expand its applicability to many different types of organizations, including Availls target […]

Overland Storage Inc., a company best known for its tape automation appliances and disk-based backup appliances for secondary storage, has introduced a new primary storage product designed aimed at midsize businesses. The Ultamus Series of primary storage appliances offers one or two storage processors with up to four 8TB expansion arrays. The embedded Protection OS […]

Promise Technology introduces three new SATA RAID storage systems aimed at SMBs; Coraid introduces a Linux-based NAS appliance; Arkeia introduces Smart Backup; iStor and Accusys announce a partnership; Quantum announces a new tape drive for SMBs; Iomega introduces a network hard drive with a built-in media server; Maxtor introduces the OneTouch III; SiliconStor announces an […]

By collaborating with a RAID storage developer known for focusing on modular, scalable solutions, Intransa is venturing down market in the IP SAN arena. Intransa of San Jose, Calif., has struck a deal with Rasilient Systems Inc. of Phoenix to co-develop an IP SAN (storage area network) solution aimed at the smaller end of the […]

Nexsan has replaced its ATABeast disk vault with one that is faster, has better airflow and is based on new technology designed to reduce power consumption and operational costs. SATABeast doubles the performance of ATABeast by replacing the single RAID engine of the ATABeast with a dual XOR RAID engine. The processing capability at each […]

By imbuing its InServ Storage Server with more advanced functionality and integrating it more tightly with VMware Inc.s ESX Server, 3PARdata Inc. has developed a combination of technologies it says will help VMware users provision servers more rapidly. 3PAR of Fremont, Calif., has added both bare metal provisioning and its Dynamic Optimization software, which helps […]

With the intent of rounding out its intelligent storage management strategy, CA (Computer Associates International Inc.) has acquired enterprise message management and archiving software vendor iLumin Software Services Inc. of Reston, Va. Under the terms of the agreement, CA will control all of iLumins technology, including its Assentor product suite, focused around compliance, discovery, supervision, […]

In an attempt to capitalize on its long-standing leadership position in the SCSI world, Adaptec Inc. has taken the somewhat unusual step of introducing an entire line of SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) products simultaneously. Adaptecs introduction of a full line of SAS products is a nod to the transition the entire industry is undergoing from […]

Maxtor adds SATA interfaces to some of its hard drives, Seagate introduces a new family of high-capacity drives, HP adds data protection capabilities to its Smart Office portfolio, Copan introduces two new products, Centrepath announces a new version of Magellan Datapath Manager, Adaptec adds RAID controllers and Veritas Cluster Server supports more replication solutions. Maxtor […]

Kazeon Systems Inc., a startup with friends in high places, may have found a much-needed and lucrative niche that many storage vendors have long ignored. The company, based in Mountain View, Calif., which has just introduced its first product, focuses on combining data services, content services and storage services, with the goal of providing more […]